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It is conceded that within a few years 

 the states of the Northwest will have to 

 market 100,000 cars of apples annually, 

 as against the 15,000 cars at the present 

 time. This is a tremendous increase and 

 presents a problem difficult to solve. 



Some of the reasons why this storage 

 in transit privilege should obtain are 

 given in the words of Mr. Loomis as 

 follows : 



'The great trouble with the movement 

 of the crop of box apples in a satisfactory 

 way has been the lack of facilities for 

 distribution. The crop is moved in a 

 month and a half; it requires nine months 

 of the year to consume it; storage facili- 

 ties must be provided at the most favor- 

 able points to hold this crop during that 

 period of time and to allow it to go to 

 any market that most needs the supply. 

 At the present time the box apple crop is 

 congested at Chicago and New York and 

 no efforts are being made to increase the 

 consumption of box apples at other cities. 

 According to the proportion of wealth, 

 half tlie box apple crop should be con- 

 sumed in the East between Chicago and 

 New York. At the present time only 

 one-quarter of the crop is being there 

 consumed. The granting of this privi- 

 lege would particularly stimulate the 

 demand in the many large cities between 

 Chicago and New York. It would greatly 

 benefit the railroads in an increased 

 amount of traffic, especially on the 

 Eastern lines between Chicago and New 

 York, probably to the extent of a million 

 dollars annually. It would also greatly 

 benefit the growers of box apples in 

 providing a systematic scheme of distri- 

 bution; it would allow their crop to be 

 marketed where it is most wanted and 

 also by scattering it among the cities of 

 the United States prevent a glut or con- 

 gestion in any one market. It would in 

 addition greatly help all the cold storage 

 warehouses at all cities on transcontin- 

 ental lines and would particularly place 

 on a prosperous basis the warehouses at 

 Chicago and those in Western New York. 

 The latter would be assured of full houses 

 on any short year. In addition, it would 

 greatly help the apple industry. At the 

 present time competition is concentrated 

 in one or two sections. With this privi- 

 lege capital would be induced to invest 

 in box apples on equal terms with bar- 

 reled apples, and thus it would be dis- 



tributed throughout all apple sections, 

 thereby tending to greater uniformity 

 and stability." 



As to expense, the three associations 

 have each appropriated $500. Several 

 cold storages have also contributed. All 

 interests to be benefited should be 

 anxious to share the burden, on the 

 principle of the "square deal." 



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 BOX APPLES 



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